SURE - AdvisorShares Insider Advantage ETF

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Invest in firms reducing their equity float through buyback programs and insider buying

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Overall Morningstar Rating. Mid-Cap Blend. Based on risk-adjusted return out of 366 funds in the Mid-Cap Blend category as of September 30th, 2026.

Symbol Exchange Inception Date CUSIP NAV Options Available
SURE NYSE Arca 10/4/2011 00768Y818 SURE.NV Yes
About the ETF

Following a core investment philosophy that corporate insiders know their companies the best, the AdvisorShares Insider Advantage ETF (SURE) seeks to invest in the equities of companies actively trying to reduce their public equity float through well-executed stock buyback programs and corporate insider buying. Not only do buybacks and insider buying demonstrate that executives may see relative value in the firm’s stock, they also could create favorable shareholder market conditions through the reduction of publicly available shares (float shrink). SURE selects holdings using an active, quantitative, multi-factor model to identify companies shrinking float, lowering leverage, growing free cash flow, and providing dividends. SURE’s holdings are equal-weighted and reconstituted/rebalanced monthly.

What Is Float Shrink?

Public equity float refers to the portion of a company’s outstanding shares that is in the hands of public investors – as opposed to company officers, directors, or stockholders that hold controlling interests – and are available for trading in the open market. The float is calculated by subtracting restricted shares from outstanding shares. Float shrink occurs when there is a reduction of publicly available shares.

Buybacks – action taken by a corporation to repurchase its own shares from the marketplace – are the most common cause of float shrink today and one of two ways a company can distribute profits to shareholders. Dividend payments are the second form. While firms may implement both, since 1997, share buybacks have surpassed cash dividends to become the dominant form of corporate payout in the U.S. Not only do buybacks avoid a stock price penalty if a firm cuts or ends a program, like dividends are subject to, but also provide a positive market impact by improving earnings and cash flow per share.

Insider buying – the purchase of shares in a corporation by a board member, officer, or executive within that company (i.e., corporate insider) – is another way that float shrink occurs. It may be a strong indicator that insiders are becoming more optimistic about the company’s future. Buying by corporate insiders is legal, highly regulated, publicly disclosed, and different from “insider trading” – the illegal act of buying or selling stock by someone who has privileged, non-public information about a company.

 

Why Invest?
  • Investing with Corporate Insiders – Top firm executives know more about the company’s fundamentals than the investing public. These insiders can influence their company’s share price by timing equity issuance and repurchase to the firm’s advantage. A well-implemented buyback program reduces publicly available shares and can increase the stock’s price. Additionally, corporate insider buying can be a bullish signal that the stock is underpriced by the market.
  • Conscientious Float Shrink – Investing solely in stock buybacks can be problematic. SURE employs a comprehensive, multi-factor strategy to assess if a firm is reducing their float in a well-planned manner, analyzing free cash flow, profitability, leverage reduction, dividend yield, net buybacks and insider buying.
  • Disciplined Growth – A quantitative, actively managed, equal weight investment strategy focused on long-term growth.

 

Key Attributes
  • Float Shrink – Corporate insiders have better information than the investing public and know their companies the best. Stock buyback programs and insider buying not only show that corporate insiders see relative value in investing in their own equity securities, but also create favorable market conditions for shareholders by reducing the number of publicly traded shares and improving earnings and cash flow per share.
  • Extensive Stock Screening – SURE’s portfolio manager screens approximately 3,000 companies and looks for the following characteristics when selecting stocks: shareholder-friendliness (measured by float shrink and dividend yield), profitability (measured by free cash flow), solid balance sheet (measured by outstanding leverage).
  • Equal Weight Investing – In a market-cap weighted portfolio, a small number of the largest companies receive the heaviest allocations and overvalued components are overweighted relative to undervalued components. By contrast, with an equal weight strategy, the bias to the largest companies is removed; a buy low, sell high discipline is regularly followed with periodic rebalancing; and reallocation to undervalued stocks may provide the opportunity to capture long-term equity performance.
  • Actively Managed ETF Structure – SURE is different from other buyback-focused investments that follow passive, market-cap weighted indexes and only reconstitute annually. SURE re-evaluates its investable universe and existing holdings monthly – adding or removing stocks and returning each security to an equal-weight allocation – allowing SURE to react more quickly to changes in buyback programs, acquisition announcements, etc. An ETF structure allows for better tax efficiency than mutual funds or than investing in the underlying stocks directly.
Where Can SURE Fit in a Traditional Portfolio?

SURE can serve as a thematic investment or a complement to a dividend investing or market-cap weighted core strategy.

About the Portfolio Strategist

Minyi Chen, Portfolio Strategist

Minyi Chen, CFA is the founder and CEO of Qubed Capital, a registered investment advisor founded in 2015 and based in Oakland, California. For over a decade, Mr. Chen has been providing quantitative financial research and analysis along with proprietary investment models to both retail and institutional investors. In the past, Mr. Chen has served as a portfolio manager of the AdvisorShares TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF (ticker: TTFS) and the TrimTabs International Free-Cash-Flow ETF (ticker: FCFI).

 

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Price History

Fund Data

10/9/2026
NAV $148.40
Change $0.39
Shares Outstanding 380,000
Assets Under Management $56,391,762.20

 

 

 

 

Market Data

10/9/2026
Closing Price $148.41
Close Change $0.48
Volume 95

Regulatory Data

10/9/2026
Premium Discount $0.01
30-Day Median bid-ask Spread 0.354344
Premium/Discount Historical Data | NAV Historical Data | Daily Premium/Discount Historical Data

Shares are bought and sold at market price (closing price) not NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Market price returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 pm Eastern Time (when NAV is normally determined), and do not represent the return you would receive if you traded at other times.

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Characteristics

As of 9/30/2026

Source: Morningstar & AdvisorShares

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Performance

As of 9/30/2026

 

  NAV Market Price Return Russell 3000 Index
1 Month -4.60 -4.71 -0.84
3 Months -3.18 -3.27 1.41
YTD 13.18 13.04 12.42
1 Year 17.23 17.48 15.13
3 Years 16.03 16.01 22.26
5 Years 10.28 10.28 12.64
10 Years 10.67 10.66 14.73
Since Inception (10/04/2011, Annualized) 13.06 13.06 15.32

As of 9/30/2026

  NAV Market Price Return Russell 3000 Index
1 Month -4.60 -4.71 -0.84
3 Months -3.18 -3.27 1.41
YTD 13.18 13.04 12.42
1 Year 17.23 17.48 15.13
3 Years 16.03 16.01 22.26
5 Years 10.28 10.28 12.64
10 Years 10.67 10.66 14.73
Since Inception (10/04/2011, Annualized) 13.06 13.06 15.32

As of 9/30/2026

  NAV Market Price Return Russell 3000 Index
1 Month -4.60 -4.71 -0.84
3 Months -3.18 -3.27 1.41
YTD 13.18 13.04 12.42
1 Year 17.23 17.48 15.13
3 Year 16.03 16.01 22.26
Since 9/1/2022, Annualized 14.42 14.48 18.46

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. All Fund data and performance data quoted is believed to be accurate, and unless otherwise stated, is sourced from the Fund administrator, the Advisor’s or Sub-Advisor’s proprietary data, and Morningstar. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized.

*On September 1, 2022, the AdvisorShares DoubleLine Value Equity ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was renamed the AdvisorShares Insider Advantage ETF. The Predecessor Fund had different portfolio managers and investment strategy than the AdvisorShares Insider Advantage ETF. Performance prior to September 1, 2022 reflects the Fund’s performance prior to the change in manager and investment strategy and may not be indicative of the Fund’s performance under the new manager and revised investment strategy. Performance since September 1, 2022 reflects actual  AdvisorShares Insider Advantage ETF performance.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. All Fund data and performance data quoted is believed to be accurate, and unless otherwise stated, is sourced from the Fund administrator, the Advisor’s or Sub-Advisor’s proprietary data, and Morningstar. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. One cannot invest directly in an index. The Russell 1000 Index represents the top 1000 companies by market capitalization in the United States. The index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index is broad market, capitalization-weighted index comprised of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies and represents 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. 

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Holdings

As of

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Date Account Symbol Stock Ticker Security ID Security Description Shares Share Price Market Value Portfolio Weight Asset Group
10/09/2026 SURE MPC 56585A102 MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 1,750 455.03 796,302.50 1.41% S
FTNT 34959E109 FORTINET INC 4,000 194.75 779,000.00 1.38% S
FRSH 358054104 FRESHWORKS INC-CL A 51,000 13.92 709,920.00 1.26% S
STGW 85256A109 STAGWELL INC 77,700 8.65 672,105.00 1.19% S
VLO 91913Y100 VALERO ENERGY CORP 1,480 433.75 641,950.00 1.14% S
EXEL 30161Q104 EXELIXIS INC 10,400 59.86 622,544.00 1.11% S
DBX 26210C104 DROPBOX INC-CLASS A 17,400 34.36 597,864.00 1.06% S
SAIC 808625107 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTE 4,400 134.66 592,504.00 1.05% S
EXPD 302130109 EXPEDITORS INTL WASH INC 3,040 193.24 587,449.60 1.04% S
CROX 227046109 CROCS INC 5,100 114.98 586,398.00 1.04% S
DELL 24703L202 DELL TECHNOLOGIES -C 1,000 586.06 586,060.00 1.04% S
EVER 30041R108 EVERQUOTE INC - CLASS A 29,500 19.80 584,100.00 1.04% S
MUSA 626755102 MURPHY USA INC 1,101 529.14 582,583.14 1.03% S
NVDA 67066G104 NVIDIA CORP 2,530 229.28 580,078.40 1.03% S
VEEV 922475108 VEEVA SYSTEMS INC-CLASS A 1,950 296.13 577,453.50 1.03% S
ETSY 29786A106 ETSY INC 7,480 76.71 573,790.80 1.02% S
BFH 018581108 BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC 5,700 100.58 573,306.00 1.02% S
MTCH 57667L107 MATCH GROUP INC 13,900 41.09 571,151.00 1.01% S
ULTA 90384S303 ULTA BEAUTY INC 1,000 570.37 570,370.00 1.01% S
ANF 002896207 ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO-CL A 4,000 142.58 570,320.00 1.01% S
PAYC 70432V102 PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC 2,450 232.22 568,939.00 1.01% S
TREX 89531P105 TREX COMPANY INC 12,700 44.78 568,706.00 1.01% S
QLYS 74758T303 QUALYS INC 2,800 202.42 566,776.00 1.01% S
KEYS 49338L103 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES IN 1,480 382.75 566,470.00 1.01% S
RNR G7496G103 RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD 1,709 331.38 566,328.42 1.01% FS
NSIT 45765U103 INSIGHT ENTERPRISES INC 3,460 163.61 566,073.30 1.01% S
TMO 883556102 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 860 658.02 565,897.20 1.00% S
ELF 26856L103 ELF BEAUTY INC 5,180 109.23 565,811.40 1.00% S
MA 57636Q104 MASTERCARD INC - A 960 589.14 565,574.40 1.00% S
CDNS 127387108 CADENCE DESIGN SYS INC 1,600 352.84 564,544.00 1.00% S
THC 88033G407 TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 2,140 263.78 564,489.20 1.00% S
CRL 159864107 CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES 1,870 301.79 564,347.30 1.00% S
ECL 278865100 ECOLAB INC 2,000 281.83 563,660.00 1.00% S
PCTY 70438V106 PAYLOCITY HOLDING CORP 3,660 153.96 563,493.60 1.00% S
MCK 58155Q103 MCKESSON CORP 600 938.84 563,304.00 1.00% S
HALO 40637H109 HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC 5,100 110.42 563,142.00 1.00% S
DHR 235851102 DANAHER CORP 2,560 219.81 562,713.60 1.00% S
CTAS 172908105 CINTAS CORP 2,780 202.41 562,699.80 1.00% S
GEV 36828A101 GE VERNOVA INC 560 1,004.73 562,648.80 1.00% S
DLTR 256746108 DOLLAR TREE INC 4,740 118.64 562,353.60 1.00% S
WAB 929740108 WABTEC CORP 1,970 285.43 562,297.10 1.00% S
NDAQ 631103108 NASDAQ INC 6,000 93.65 561,900.00 1.00% S
DIS 254687106 WALT DISNEY CO/THE 5,200 108.05 561,860.00 1.00% S
DOCU 256163106 DOCUSIGN INC 7,900 71.08 561,532.00 1.00% S
AMG 008252108 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 1,450 387.26 561,527.00 1.00% S
ZBRA 989207105 ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP-CL A 1,450 387.18 561,411.00 1.00% S
CCL G2004J103 CARNIVAL CORP LTD 21,300 26.35 561,255.00 1.00% FS
COP 20825C104 CONOCOPHILLIPS 4,185 134.10 561,208.50 1.00% S
TW 892672106 TRADEWEB MARKETS INC-CLASS A 5,050 111.08 560,954.00 1.00% S
EBAY 278642103 EBAY INC 5,000 112.19 560,950.00 1.00% S
CAH 14149Y108 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 2,360 237.57 560,665.20 1.00% S
HAS 418056107 HASBRO INC 6,000 93.32 559,920.00 0.99% S
AAPL 037833100 APPLE INC 1,663 336.64 559,832.32 0.99% S
WRB 084423102 WR BERKLEY CORP 7,780 71.91 559,459.80 0.99% S
EXLS 302081104 EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS INC 15,200 36.79 559,208.00 0.99% S
BJ 05550J101 BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS 5,670 98.58 558,948.60 0.99% S
VRSN 92343E102 VERISIGN INC 1,840 303.74 558,881.60 0.99% S
MGNI 55955D100 MAGNITE INC 22,000 25.40 558,800.00 0.99% S
FTDR 35905A109 FRONTDOOR INC 7,000 79.80 558,600.00 0.99% S
CTSH 192446102 COGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS-A 9,430 59.20 558,256.00 0.99% S
VCTR 92645B103 VICTORY CAPITAL HOLDING - A 4,960 112.44 557,702.40 0.99% S
SYF 87165B103 SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL 7,660 72.80 557,648.00 0.99% S
RL 751212101 RALPH LAUREN CORP 1,500 371.28 556,920.00 0.99% S
CBOE 12503M108 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC 1,830 304.16 556,612.80 0.99% S
J 46982L108 JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC 4,000 139.15 556,600.00 0.99% S
LNG 16411R208 CHENIERE ENERGY INC 2,000 278.18 556,360.00 0.99% S
WSM 969904101 WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC 2,300 241.78 556,094.00 0.99% S
HCI 40416E103 HCI GROUP INC 2,900 191.69 555,901.00 0.99% S
EVTC 30040P103 EVERTEC INC 18,700 29.64 554,268.00 0.98% FS
STRL 859241101 STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC 1,080 513.00 554,040.00 0.98% S
SIG G81276100 SIGNET JEWELERS LTD 5,260 105.22 553,457.20 0.98% FS
MANH 562750109 MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC 2,700 204.89 553,203.00 0.98% S
TTC 891092108 TORO CO 5,770 95.79 552,708.30 0.98% S
CHRD 674215207 CHORD ENERGY CORP 3,900 141.54 552,006.00 0.98% S
HCA 40412C101 HCA HEALTHCARE INC 1,222 451.09 551,231.98 0.98% S
WH 98311A105 WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS INC 7,406 74.06 548,488.36 0.97% S
FTI G87110105 TECHNIPFMC PLC 7,851 69.57 546,194.07 0.97% FS
ORLY 67103H107 O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC 6,300 86.45 544,635.00 0.97% S
CSL 142339100 CARLISLE COS INC 1,700 320.36 544,612.00 0.97% S
HLT 43300A203 HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS IN 1,658 326.56 541,436.48 0.96% S
TOL 889478103 TOLL BROTHERS INC 4,060 133.13 540,507.80 0.96% S
ALSN 01973R101 ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDING 4,875 109.86 535,567.50 0.95% S
ODFL 679580100 OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE 2,938 181.97 534,627.86 0.95% S
GOOG 02079K107 ALPHABET INC-CL C 1,536 347.86 534,312.96 0.95% S
ENVA 29357K103 ENOVA INTERNATIONAL INC 3,000 178.07 534,210.00 0.95% S
ADBE 00724F101 ADOBE INC 2,200 242.27 532,994.00 0.95% S
ESNT G3198U102 ESSENT GROUP LTD 8,516 62.49 532,164.84 0.94% FS
DHI 23331A109 DR HORTON INC 3,936 134.88 530,887.68 0.94% S
ADSK 052769106 AUTODESK INC 2,250 235.35 529,537.50 0.94% S
MCO 615369105 MOODY'S CORP 1,140 464.23 529,222.20 0.94% S
HIG 416515104 HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC 4,097 129.11 528,963.67 0.94% S
UHS 913903100 UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES-B 2,950 177.35 523,182.50 0.93% S
NYT 650111107 NEW YORK TIMES CO-A 7,840 66.32 519,948.80 0.92% S
ITW 452308109 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS 1,941 264.13 512,676.33 0.91% S
BKNG 09857L108 BOOKING HOLDINGS INC 3,175 160.34 509,079.50 0.90% S
TPR 876030107 TAPESTRY INC 4,350 116.24 505,644.00 0.90% S
CMG 169656105 CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC 15,500 31.59 489,645.00 0.87% S
CARG 141788109 CARGURUS INC 16,600 28.85 478,910.00 0.85% S
NFLX 64110L106 NETFLIX INC 6,800 70.30 478,040.00 0.85% S
AOS 831865209 SMITH (A.O.) CORP 8,338 56.38 470,096.44 0.83% S
X9USDBLYT BLACKROCK TREASURY TRUST INSTL 62 54,471.37 1.00 54,471.37 0.10% MM
CASH 6,404.22 100.00 6,404.22 0.01% CA
Holdings and allocations are subject to risks and to change. 

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Fees & Expenses

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fee   0.70%
Other Expenses   0.30%
Gross Expense Ratio   1.00%
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement*   -0.10%
Net Expense Ratio   0.90%

 

Expense Cap Limitation*   0.90%

*The Advisor has contractually agreed to keep net expenses from exceeding 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of the prospectus. For more information, please read the full prospectus.

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SURE received three stars for the 3-year rating among 366 funds, four stars for the 5-year rating among 349, four stars for the 10-year rating among 277 funds, and four stars for the overall rating among 366 funds in Morningstar’s Mid-Cap Blend category as of September 30th, 2026.